Contrary to fathers' rights propaganda, father perpetrators (along with stepdads and caretaker boyfrends) dominate the most vicious crimes against children: sexual assault, abusive head trauma, murder-suicides, crimes involving gun violence, and other similar forms of physically violent/fatal child abuse. And as more dads are providing child care (either because mom is working and can't find other care, or because dads are increasingly getting unsupervised visitation/custody through the family courts), more dads are are being found guilty of basic child abuse and neglect as well.

10/25/15 -Because of severe time constraints, we are no longer able to do regular updates at Dastardly Dads. We will occasionally post articles on general studies on child abuse/domestic violence, news pieces involving abusive fathers in custody/visitation situations. We wil also be updating the Killer Dads and Custody lists, while looking for a better, more accessible platform for the data.

7/11/16 - We started this blog on June 24, 2009--just over seven years. And like all good things, it's time to bring this project to a close. It has served its purpose. We have close to 10,500 postings regarding fathers and child abuse, with hundred of those cases being enabled by the family courts, social services, and others in authority. The documentation is clear. It is now time to stop documenting and put that energy into changing the situation that puts thousands of mothers and children at risk every day.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

You'd figure maybe Daddy was just a clueless moron, but a couple of facts stick out.1) He was a HEATING CONTRACTOR by trade, so you figure he probably knew that portable generators are dangerous.2) Notice that he (conveniently) left a 14-year-old and a 6-year-old HOME ALONE while he partied "with a woman" (not the mother I assume) at a casino, where he SPENT THE NIGHT--EVEN AFTER THE 14-YEAR-OLD CALLED TO TELL HIM THEY WERE SICK. 3) The oh-so-concerned daddy doesn't bother to show up till the NEXT DAY. I presume he couldn't even tell the 14-year-old they should get out of the house?And what's up with this? THERE IS NO MENTION OF A MOTHER IN THIS HOME or ANYWHERE ELSE.. Is this a custodial father? Sure sounds like it. What happened to Mom? I'd sure like to see it verified that she didn't die from "mysterious" causes. Dad is identified as GLENN COLLINS.

A New York heating contractor faces manslaughter charges after his 6-year-old daughter died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a portable generator he left running in their basement while he spent a night at a casino.

Glenn Collins of Salina, near Syracuse, was arrested Thursday following a grand jury review of the Aug. 29 death of Gabriella Collins.

Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said Collins drove to Turning Stone Casino in central New York with a woman the night of Aug. 28. While he was on his way there, Fitzpatrick said Collins' 14-year-old son, Jaidon, called him and said he felt sick and his little sister wouldn't stop crying.

Collins returned home the next morning to find both children unconscious. Gabriella was pronounced dead at a hospital but the teen survived after several days in critical condition.

Collins is in jail without bail. The district attorney's office said he doesn't have a lawyer yet and will be arraigned within several days.
Collins had been using a gas-powered generator after National Grid disconnected electricity from the home on Aug. 13.

Fitzpatrick said Collins placed the generator in the basement after neighbors complained about the noise outside. He said Collins made a "clumsy attempt" to ventilate the house by placing a fan beside the generator and aiming it at a broken window.

Fitzpatrick said the manslaughter charge is based on recklessness. As evidence of that, Fitzpatrick noted that Collins is a certified heating and air conditioning contractor; that the generator had made his children sick before; that the generator had a prominent label warning "not for inside use;" and that there were no functioning carbon monoxide detectors in the house.
Fitzpatrick said the utility sent Collins 16 notices warning that the power would be shut off and had tried for more than two years to create a payment plan for him to pay his bills.